John Ross Quotes
It is foreign to the Cherokee principle to feign friendship where it does not exist.
The Chief was contrasting the Cherokee behavior with that if the U. S. Government agents dealing with the Indians who were very eloquent about their friendship with Indians who they had never met before and mad many motives but personal friendship was rarely one.
John Ross, 1790–1866, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Statement to Secretary of War, William Crawford, Quoted in Smithsonian, March 2011
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This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David. This quotation urges a leader to avoid advisors and appointees who do not tell the truth.
During the Barack Obama Administration most Republican's were virulent critics of the President's efforts to try and negotiate with Putin on the grounds that Putin was obviously duplicitous and untrustworthy. However when Bush made this statement he received no criticism from the same Republicans who would castigate Obama for trusting Putin.
John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: guwisguwi), (meaning in Cherokee: "Mysterious Little White Bird"), was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866 and served longer in that position than any other person. Described as the Moses of his people, Ross influenced the Indian nation through such tumultuous events as the relocation to Indian Territory and the American Civil War.
